Who is Icarus

Icarus is the son of a great craftsman called Daedalus. He and his father were imprisoned in a great maze.

The Story of Icarus

Icarus and his father were imprisoned in a maze. His father, Daedalus created wings for the two of them to fly out of the prison. As they flew away Icarus's father told him not to fly to high or the sun would melt the wax on the wings and not too low or the wings would get wet from the ocean. Icarus then got too excited and flew too high and the sun melted the wax and he plummeted into the ocean and died.

The Meaning

The importance of this story is to heed the rules and directions others give you or else you could get in more trouble than you thought you would.